Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-06-16
oRoP REPORTS.


Tobacco and Potatoes In Illinois,
srRIsaFrELD, ILL.,, June l1.--Reports re-
ceived by the department OF agriculture
show there is slight increase In the area
devoted TO corn, and the general condition
Il above the average for June LIST. Much Of
It has been cultivated the second time,
Ine area devoted to sorghum is about
naif as large as last season, and Its eondi.
tion is full average for June list. Winter
wheat promises an average yield per aero,
Harvest will begin much earller than usual.
spring wheat, oats, rye, barley and fax are
In good condition. Tobacco has made
good growth during the last month
and has an acreage equal to that Of
last season. Meadows and pastures hive
suffered greatly from the drought, but have
improved since the recent rains. The area
devoted to Irish potatoes is much larger
than that OF last season, and the condition
Is above the average for June. The fiuit
prospect Is about the same as last year at
this date.
BETTER PROSPECTS IN DAKOTA THAN LAST
TEAR-MIHNEsorA TEN PER CENT BRTrER
THAN LAST YEAR.
CHICAGO, June liza dispatch from Min
neapolis, Minn., says: The outlook for
grain In Dakota Is generally good, and in
most parts above the average of former
years. Along the James river valley, where
the crop was poor the past year, 1t Is, II amy
direront from other sections, ahead Of
drought was talked of at other
places In the territory there was
very little heard Of there. A local paper
has letters written by grain men In Dakota
representing every county. OF these at
least 50 per cent concnr In the statement
that the present prospect Ia not only better
than last year, but that 1t Ia above the
average OF past years. A few think the
damage by drought early is not wholly re-
covered from, but these, compared with the
whole are quite obscure.
The condition Of crops in Minnesota con-
tinues most excellent on the whole. There
are some OF the south eastern counties that
have been dry too long for a large yield of
small grain, although for the last week or
more there has been great change for the
better. OF 22b letters from all sections In
this state 2O6 are OF the most flattering de-
scription on the conditions Of the crops and
particularly so OF wheat. The average
condition is not less than 10 per cent better
than year ago.
MAGNIFICENT PROSPECTS IN TRxAs.
CHICAGO, June l1.--A special from Austin,
Tex, says: Accounts from all over Texas
to-day show the most magnificent crop
prospect since the famous big crop In the
year 1889. All over central and northern
Texas the average yield OF corn,
which is now In the ear, Is esti-
mated at 30 bushels an acre on Black
Hogwallow prairie lands. In river bottoms
and Alluvlal lands near the coast the yield
is estimated at rs to 100 bushels an acre.
On the middle Brazos farmers say will sell
next fall at % cents. Cotton oil over Texas
is looking splendid. Much OF 1t was
planted subsequent to the great spring
drought which ended about May LIST.
Farmers are chopplng out. The stands
are excellent and the fields generally clear
OF grass. The cause of all these good
things Is that fine rains have fallen over the
state almost weekly for the last month.
For Texas / 500, 600 bales are predicted.